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Portland Tribune Column
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Cycles of Cyclamen
Portland Tribune ColumnAnne Jaeger The shift comes suddenly. One minute you’re out on the patio dining al fresco the next you’re huddled inside with a blanket over your toes. Another great gardening season is winding down. All it took was a little bit of rain to flip the switch and before you know it, we’ve shifted our … Read More
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Fall is for Foliage
Portland Tribune ColumnAnne Jaeger Fall is for foliage; that high falutin’ gardening word for “leaves”. But remember, leaves don’t have to leave us in the winter. In other words, the foliage doesn’t have to fall off in fall. One of my all time favorite pots is filled with plants that sparkle all winter long. Nothing like looking … Read More
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Flowering Maple-Blooms All Summer
Portland Tribune ColumnFlowering Maples Anne Jaeger Here’s today’s garden riddle: When is a maple not really a maple? When it’s a flowering maple, an Abutilon, that’s when. Lord only knows how a flowering maple got its name because Abutilon would never be confused with a maple tree. Okay, okay, some folks think the leaves of a flowering … Read More
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Crocosmia-Hummingbirds Droll Over it
Portland Tribune ColumnFlowers that hum right along. Anne Jaeger What we have here is your run of the mill crocosmia. Average in every way save a couple of important exceptions; It’s easy to grow, it’s beautiful and hummingbirds drool over it. Those lil’ winged wonders make a beeline to the crocosmia (say: crow-coz-me-ya) named “Lucifer” before … Read More
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Garden Gossip- Celebrities Buy Oregon
Portland Tribune ColumnGardening Disclosures Anne Jaeger I’ve got a couple of gardening disclosures. Both require some effort on your part, so fasten your seat belt and hold on tight. We’re traveling again. Sorta Secret #1 Oscar DeLa Renta, Nancy Kissinger and Martha Stewart share a fabulous secret. Of course, they’ve never discussed this driving passion between them … Read More
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Bee Balm Believer
Portland Tribune ColumnBee Balm Anne Jaeger On Gardening Next time you are be bopping around your garden find a place for bee balm. You’d swear Dr. Seuss drew them into your landscape just for a touch of whimsy. Bee balm or Monarda is one of those “unappreciated” flowers. Bees and hummingbirds certainly make a fuss over it … Read More
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Garden Art For Sale
Portland Tribune ColumnCracked Pots Anne Jaeger Portland is such a hot bed for garden artists like Gina Nash. A tin can isn’t just a tin can in her hands. In a flash of light, blue hot from her blow torch, Nash transforms one soup can after another into shades for string lights which will fetch about $70 … Read More
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Hardy Fuchsia Like Jewel, Dar-Link
Portland Tribune ColumnHardy Fuchsia Anne Jaeger To my eye, hardy fuchsias are the costume jewelry of the garden. Glitzy, gem toned wonders that take a lickin’ and keep on tickin.’ They sparkle all summer if you just remember to water and fertilize. I mean, what’s not to love about fuchsias? Except that some varieties just don’t live … Read More
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Loveliness of Lilies
Portland Tribune ColumnAnne Jaeger Lilies are a full meal deal. The plant is completely self-contained and ready to party. All you do is plant the bulb and it does the rest. The flowers already are inside the bulbs just waiting for the security of soil around them before launching into great displays of color this time of … Read More
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Tower of Flower- Delphinium
Portland Tribune ColumnDelphiniums Anne Jaeger In my book, delphiniums are perfection. I mean, just look at that flower… er, those flowers. What you see isn’t just one flower it’s a tower of flowers on one tall (4 to 7 foot) spire. Sadly for us, the first flush of flowers is almost gone now. So, follow my … Read More
